Cloud County Community College Women's Track

Coach Ted Schmitz says his mission statement is, “to Glorify God in all that he does and to encourage others to do the same.” In his 40 years at Cloud County Community College, Coach Schmitz has recorded a decorated history of individual and team success. He has been inducted into three Halls of Fame; The Fellowship of Christian Athletes Coaches Hall of Fame in 2008, Cloud County Community College’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008, and the NJCAA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2021. Schmitz has been awarded the NJCAA National Track Coach of the Year three times, the Region VI Track Coach of the Year 10 times, the USTFCCCA Central Region Track Coach of the Year five times, and the Region VI Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year four times. He has coached the Women’s Thunderbird Track and Field teams to 31 top-10 NJCAA team finishes, including three top-five finishes and 31 the top-three Region VI Championship finishes, including three championship titles. In total, Schmitz has produced over 270 All-Americans, nine Individual National Champions, and has coached an All-American in every track and field event. His teams have also included over 200 Academic All-Americans. Coach Schmitz has served as the NJCAA Coaches Association President, Treasurer, and Parliamentarian, as well as the Region VI President. During his tenure at Cloud, he has served as the head women’s track coach for 37 years, the assistant track coach for three years, and a volunteer assistant men’s track coach for 40 years. Schmitz was the assistant men’s soccer coach from 1981 to 1983 and the head men’s soccer coach from 1983 to 1990. He is currently serving as an assistant men’s and women’s track coach. Coach Schmitz grew up with his parents and eight siblings on a small dairy farm near Baileyville, Kansas.  He participated in football, basketball and track while attending B & B high school. He then attended Cloud County Community College where he was an athlete on the track and field team. Schmitz received his associate degree from Cloud in 1979 and continued his academic career at Kansas State University where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Education. He married his wife Kathy in 1981. They have two children, Dustin and Cody. Schmitz has served as a sponsor of Cloud County’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes for the past 35 years.  His ultimate desire as a coach is to show the love of Christ to all he comes into contact with.

The reigning Region 6/Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Women's Track & Field Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year, Drew Mahin was promoted to director of Cloud County Community College's cross country and track and field programs in 2025. Mahin has played a huge role in the development of Cloud County athletes both on and off the track, serving as the institution's head men's and women's cross country coach for 13 seasons, and four years as the head women's track and field coach. Mahin's experience also included serving as the recruiting coordinator for the cross country and track and field programs. Mahin's resume features two NJCAA National Championships, five NJCAA national runner-up finishes, and nine third-place team finishes at national meets. Mahin has been part of ten Region 6 championships with the men's cross country and track and field teams, and seven Region 6 championships with T-Bird women's cross country and track and field teams. During his time at Cloud County, Mahin has directly worked with 49 NJCAA relay or individual champions and more than 200+ NJCAA All-American performances, while more than 40 women's records and over 20 men's records have been broken under his leadership. As director of cross country and track & field, Mahin will oversee all aspects of both the cross country and track programs, including recruiting, training, and coaching of student-athletes while also administering cross country and track assistant coaches and staff. Mahin led the T-Bird men's cross country team to unprecedented heights in the fall of 2019. The team was ranked number one throughout the year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, on their way to winning their first NJCAA Region 6 and Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Division titles in program history. Cloud County also won their first national title in 2019. All five runners fielded by the T-Birds placed in the top 40 on the national stage. Mahin was named the Region 6 and NJCAA National Coach of the Year. Both the men's and women's cross country teams swept the NJCAA Region 6 Division I Championships in 2020. T-Bird Awet Beraki won the men's individual Region 6 title. At that year's NJCAA National Championships, the Cloud County women recorded a national runner-up finish and had three runners earn All-American status (Patricia Koma, Kya Johnson, and Maryse Mbenoun). Koma earned a national runner-up finish in the 2020 NJCAA Half-Marathon Championships, while Beraki won an individual Half-Marathon Championship in a time of 1:05:06.30, the third-fastest time in NJCAA Half-Marathon Championship history. In the spring of 2019, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association awarded Mahin with NJCAA Men's Assistant Coach of the Year honors during both the indoor and outdoor seasons after he helped guide the T-Birds men's track and field program to its first two Region 6/Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Championships, sweeping the indoor and outdoor seasons. The historic 2018-19 season was capped by the program's first NJCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championship. NJCAA National Championships 2 NJCAA National Championship Teams - 2019 Men's Outdoor Track & Field; 2019 Men's Cross Country 5 NJCAA National Championship Runner-Up Finishes - 2023 Women's Outdoor Track & Field; 2023 Women's Indoor Track & Field; 2021 Women's Cross Country; 2020 Men's Half-Marathon; 2020 Women's Cross Country 3 NJCAA National Championship Third-Place Finishes - 2018 Men's Indoor Track & Field; 2018 Men's Outdoor Track & Field; 2019 Men's Indoor Track & Field; 2021 Men's Indoor Track & Field; 2021 Men's Outdoor Track & Field; 2021 Women's Indoor Track & Field; 2022 Women's Indoor Track & Field; 2024 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Region 6 Championships 10 Men's Region 6 Championship Teams - 2019 Men's Cross Country, 2019 Men's Indoor Track & Field, 2019 Men's Outdoor Track & Field, 2020 Men's Cross Country, 2020 Men's Indoor Track & Field, 2021 Men's Indoor Track & Field, 2022 Men's Indoor Track & Field, 2022 Men's Outdoor Track & Field, 2024 Men's Indoor Track & Field, 2024 Men's Outdoor Track & Field 9 Women's Region 6 Championship Teams - 2020 Cross Country, 2021 Cross Country, 2021 Indoor Track & Field, 2021 Outdoor Track & Field, 2022 Indoor Track & Field, 2022 Outdoor Track & Field, 2024 Indoor Track & Field; 2025 Indoor Track & Field; 2025 Outdoor Track & Field Coaching Positions Thomas More Prep-Marian - Hays, KS - 2011-2012 Phillipsburg HS - Phillipsburg, KS - 2012-2013 Cloud County Head Cross Country Coach - 2013-Present Cloud County Assistant Men's Track & Field Coach - 2013-Present Cloud County Head Women's Track & Field Coach - 2022-Present Coaching Awards 2019 NJCAA Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year 7 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Central Region Track & Field Coach of the Year Awards - 2019 Men's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year; 2022 Women's Indoor Coach of the Year; 2022 Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year; 2023 Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year; 2024 Women's Indoor Coach of the Year; 2025 Women's Indoor Coach of the Year; 2025 Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year  4 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Central Region Cross Country Coach of the Year Awards - 2019 Men's Coach of the Year; 2020 Women's Coach of the Year; 2020 Men's Coach of the Year; 2021 Women's Coach of the Year 6 Region 6 Track & Field Coach of the Year Awards - 2026 Region 6 Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year; 2026 Region 6 Women's Indoor Coach of the Year; 2023 Region 6 Women's Indoor Coach of the Year; 2022 Region 6 Women's Indoor Coach of the Year; 2021 Region 6 Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year; 2020 Region 6 Women's Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year 2 Region 6 Cross Country Coach of the Year Awards - 2021 Region 6 Women's Coach of the Year; 2019 Region 6 Men's Coach of the Year  2019 Region 6 Indoor Track & Field Men's Assistant Coach of the Year Education Pike Valley High School - 2005 Fort Hays State University - BA History & Education - 2011 USA Track & Field Level 1 Certification U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Track and Field Technical Certification U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Strength & Conditioning Certification Drew is married to the former Corinna Hood of Concordia, Kansas, and the couple has three daughters, Everly, Andie, and Della, and two sons, Benjamin and Caius.